# ext4fuse mit Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für ext4fuse in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:ext4fuse
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ext4fuse
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install ext4fuse
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: fuse/ext4fuse/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ext4fuse
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ex/ext4fuse/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:ext4fuse
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ext4fuse>
- **Version:** 0.1.3
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Read-only implementation of ext4 for FUSE
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/gerard/ext4fuse>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/gerard/ext4fuse>
- **Lizenz:** GPL-2.0-only
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/gerard/ext4fuse/archive/refs/tags/v0.1.3.tar.gz>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-21T14:54:22-04:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- ext4fuse (cli)
- ext4fuse (Alias)

## Abhängigkeiten

- libfuse@2

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- pkgconf

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-04
- Manager-Version: 0.1.3
- Manager aktualisiert: 2026-06-21
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/gerard/ext4fuse
- neueste erkannte Version: v0.1.3 (aktuell)
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

ext4fuse is a read-only EXT4 implementation for FUSE, originally motivated by reading Linux partitions from OS X while also working on other FUSE implementations.

### Projektgeschichte

The GitHub repository was created in 2010 and describes ext4fuse as an EXT4 implementation for FUSE. The README emphasizes read-only access as a deliberate safety property and documents tested or expected use on OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenSolaris.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The supplied package metadata lists Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix packages. The README itself recommends Homebrew installation for OS X and FreeBSD ports for FreeBSD users, showing a package-manager-oriented adoption path from the project's own documentation.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The README documents mounting an ext4 partition with 'ext4fuse <device> <mountpoint>', compiling with make or gmake, and collecting logs for bug reports with the FUSE logfile option.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

ext4fuse is the kind of small system utility package users install when they need one specific cross-filesystem bridge. Its read-only design lowers the risk of exposing Linux ext4 volumes on macOS and other FUSE-capable systems.

### Zeitleiste

- 2010: GitHub API reports gerard/ext4fuse repository creation.
- 2010s: README documents OS X Homebrew and FreeBSD ports installation paths.
- 2020: Recent commits include fixes for sparse-file read handling.
- 2021: GitHub API reports the latest repository push in April 2021.

### Related projects

- ext4fuse depends on FUSE and pkg-config for builds.
- The README references osxfuse/fuse4x style FUSE implementations and FreeBSD ports packaging.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/gerard/ext4fuse>
- <https://github.com/gerard/ext4fuse#readme>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** ext4fuse
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Requirements:** linux
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** yes
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - ext4fuse: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ex/ext4fuse/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - ext4fuse: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: fuse/ext4fuse/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Verwandte Links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/de/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/de/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [pkgconf](https://pkg.so/de/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [rofs-filtered](https://pkg.so/de/brew/rofs-filtered/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, filesystem, filesystems, fuse, read-only.
- [dwarfs](https://pkg.so/de/brew/dwarfs/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, filesystem, filesystems, fuse, read-only.
- [libfuse](https://pkg.so/de/brew/libfuse/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, filesystem, filesystems, fuse, system.
- [dysk](https://pkg.so/de/brew/dysk/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, filesystem, filesystems, macos, system.
- [e2fsprogs](https://pkg.so/de/brew/e2fsprogs/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, ext4, filesystem, filesystems, system.
- [erofs-utils](https://pkg.so/de/brew/erofs-utils/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, filesystem, filesystems, fuse, system.
- [ntfs-3g](https://pkg.so/de/brew/ntfs-3g/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, filesystem, filesystems, fuse, system.
- [e2tools](https://pkg.so/de/brew/e2tools/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, ext4, filesystem, filesystems, system.
- [simple-mtpfs](https://pkg.so/de/brew/simple-mtpfs/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, filesystem, filesystems, fuse, libfuse.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ext4fuse.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ext4fuse.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph